As first-out-of-the-gate with his 2015 solo album Serious Poke, following the split of Noah And The Whale, Fred Abbott let loose with the classic rock riffs and infectious hooks that, in hindsight, made his influence apparent on the later NATW material.
“A joyous blast of rollicking rock’n’roll” – Classic Rock
“The open-hearted emotional clout of Randy Newman” – Mojo
“Top-notch songwriting” – Evening Telegraph
Now, Fred is joined by a band of vocalists for his new album Shining Under the Soot as Fred Abbott and The Wild Unknown.
So why “The Wild Unknown”? With a day job answering to the creative demands of other artists this was a record made for pure pleasure and the only person to please was Abbott himself. Fred demoed the songs with his own vocals. “Listening to the demos I thought “how could this be better?””, says Abbott “What would be more fun? The one thing that could be better is the vocals and I know lots of good singers…”
First single What Kind Of Trouble sees Steve Llewellyn (Orphan Colours, Ahab) step into the lead vocal role and is accompanied by a psychedelic head-spin video that was filmed in a single take using 360 cameras at London’s Karma Studios. Watch the premiere of at Americana UK.
Featured in The Guardian, Clash Magazine and more, Fred Abbott’s solo career is off to a great start! A supremely talented multi-instrumentalist and songwriter, Fred Abbott joined Noah And The Whale in 2009 and went on to huge success with that group, especially notable being his contribution to 2011‘s Platinum-selling and highly acclaimed Last Night On Earth. Abbott enlisted the help of his Noah And The Whale compadres and other friends for the recording of Serious Poke, with sessions taking place at West London’s British Grove Studios over the past year. The album was co-produced by Fred with Martin Hollis, whose diverse credits include Grinderman, The Rolling Stones and Take That.
Fred Abbott will release his debut solo album, Serious Poke, on 20th July. The London-based musician, until now best known as lead guitarist and keyboard player in the recently disbanded Noah And The Whale, previews the album with a free download of the pop-rock gem, Funny How Good It Feels.
A supremely talented multi-instrumentalist and songwriter, Fred Abbott joined Noah And The Whale in 2009 and went on to huge success with that group, especially notable being his contribution to 2011‘s Platinum-selling and highly acclaimed Last Night On Earth.
Abbott enlisted the help of his Noah And The Whale compadres and other friends for the recording of Serious Poke, with sessions taking place at West London’s British Grove Studios over the past year. The album was co-produced by Fred with Martin Hollis, whose diverse credits include Grinderman, The Rolling Stones and Take That.
Serious Poke will be released on Lojinx on 20th July.
Fred is a London-based musician until now best known as lead guitarist and keyboard player in the recently disbanded Noah And The Whale (NME|BBC|Independent).
Fred’s debut solo album “Serious Poke”, will be released on Lojinx in July. He enlisted the help of his Noah And The Whale compadres and other friends for the recording of the album, with sessions taking place at West London’s British Grove Studios over the past year. The album was co-produced by Fred with Martin Hollis, whose diverse credits include Grinderman, The Rolling Stones and Take That.
Listen and download, for free, Funny How Good It Feelshere. Free download here.